Now its portrayal of autism is seen as somewhat crude. However, there is no denying the power of the story and of Dustin Hoffman’s Oscar-winning performance as Raymond Babbitt.

| Jan 2, 2024

the pairing of Hoffman and Cruise was lightning in a bottle, although on the surface it seemed like an utterly incongruous pairing

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 8, 2023

Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of Raymond is light years away from the big lunk Lenny in Of Mice and Men or the deaf-mute girl in Johnny Belinda. It is, quite simply, the most memorable, impassioned performance of the year.

| Sep 13, 2023

Rain Man is a delightful and sentimental film about two brothers reconnecting and reconciling

| Jun 27, 2023

The film is unusually unsentimental in its approach to potentially mawkish material.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 17, 2023

Yet his [Tom Cruise's] charisma is what keeps Barry Levinson’s film running smoothly.

| Feb 27, 2023

Hoffman delivers a top-notch performance, while Cruise is right there behind him, in this emotional, delightful, road-trip that explores human connection and the power of empathy. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2023

It's the Christmas picture that cares, the UNICEF epic, and that must explain why no one seems to notice, or to care, that from minute to minute. the story itself is second-hand hokum.

| Aug 8, 2022

My own comparatively mixed reaction is conditioned by a reflex resistance to any movie that seems to exploit a mental or physical handicap for easy pathos... Having stated this reservation, I must confess that Rain Man had me close to tears.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 8, 2022

The rigidity of Raymond's mind is Hoffman's opening to actor's poetry... He has created an image of disconnection and bafflement almost as memorable as Beckett's.

| Aug 4, 2022

At the point in Rain Man when Charlie would really change if the movie were committed to pursuing its premise to some logical conclusion, the film stops in Las Vegas so everybody can have fun, fun, fun, in expensive suits.

| Aug 4, 2022

In every detail -- the superb soundtrack, the rich cinematography, the distinctively edgy editing -- Rain Man reveals itself as a move made with care, smarts and a refreshing refusal to settle for the expected.

| Aug 4, 2022

The slack, windy script, by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass, is forever recapitulating the obvious, and the director, Barry Levinson, exercises no discernible control over it or his actors.

| Aug 4, 2022

Mr. Cruise showed enormous promise in his early films, Risky Business and All The Right Moves. But since then, he's been on Cruise control... Here, he's back at work and it shows. In less obvious ways, the younger actor is every bit Mr. Hoffman's equal.

| Aug 4, 2022

Despite its limitations, Rain Man has a welcome compassion, and, at its center, a simply wonderful performance by Hoffman.

| Aug 4, 2022

Rain Man is regulated so well in its emotional and psychological currents that many viewers may not be conscious of how deeply involved they are until it is over.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 4, 2022

Levinson, the lyric poet of fumble-tongued human groping, the ardent urgencies of the inexpressible, and the high comedy of people saying exactly what they don't mean, has found a subject that lets his highly specialized talents roar and soar.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 4, 2022

Rain Man really belongs to Hoffman, whose precisely limned Raymond is in a class with his other amazing transformations in Tootsie, Little Big Man, and Midnight Cowboy. It really cries out to be seen rather than described.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 4, 2022

Yes, Levinson's realization of the long-delayed film project is a road film, a buddy film, a long-lost brother film. It is also the best drama of the season and one of the best of the year.

| Aug 4, 2022

It's a rarity for big-studio, big-star Hollywood: a $20 million picture in which nobody's ego is showing.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 4, 2022